Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-08-18
ALEX ANDRIA-.
THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 10.

THE LET Upn in the bloody shirt bust
ness, alluded to in this column yesterday as
indicative of the predominance in the re-
publican counsels of those who think the
wiser policy of their party will be to endeav-
or TO break the solid South, was of short
duration. The Pennsylvania State republic
can convention met yesterday. Its chair
man said, and received long and loud ap-
lause therefor:
"In 1884, by system OF shameless fraud,
thirty eight electoral votes from Southern
States were counted for man who was
never entitled to them, and the product OF
that fraud was the restoration OF power L"
the democratic party for the first lime since
il sought by armed rebellion to strike from
the heavens the flag of the whole nation;
And predict that next year The people OF
Pennsylvania will right the wrong. Every
friend of the memory of Logan and OF the
volunteer soldier will he on record against
Cleveland and his administration in the
coming election. They have not forgotten his
panderings to disloyal sentiment
to secure the votes Of Il solid
South 10 the election OF next year
Pennsylvania, that gave Meade. Han
cock, Il John F. Reynolds and tens oil thon-
sands of brave and gallant sons to the Union
eau @, will DO her part toward placing the
battle flags ia other aud safer hands than
Grover CleveIand's."
Not content with This slap at the 'rebeis,''
the convention, in the platform it adopted,
showed The hate of its members for their
Southern fellow citizens, by censuring the
President for his recent manifestation Of
sentimental Kindness for the South, in his
offer 10 return to it its old flags, now rottng
in the vaults Of the War Department. That
platform says:
Ia order to preserve n solid democratic
South President Cleveland has endeavored
TO nurture sec,ionalism bY the preference to
distinguished station OF soldiers prominent
in forts 10 destroy the Government, by bis
refusal TO sanction pensions 10 soldiers cuii-
ncnt IN efforts Ia sustain it, gnd by his prop
osiIion 10 ;skn from among The national
trophies the tanners of az extinct military
power won 10y tho lavieh expenditure CT The
blood aud treasure OF tho country, to sur
render them 10 those whoa he supposed to
inherit its prejudices."
Truly does fortune smile upon the demo
cratic party and upon President Cleveland
The proceedings ofthe convention referred TO
will tend to drive back iuto ,hat party thous
ands ofmen in every SontherGS.ate who have
become dissatisfied with it on account Of its
abandonment of democratic principles, and
rally around the President other thou
sands who have opposed him hecanso Of biz
undemocratic policy. If the republicans OF
other Northern States follow the example
of those of Pennsy lvania it will show that
they intend to fight their next national
campaign on tho old sectional line and IN
der the same old bloody shirt flag, that they
have discarded all nope OF making converts
in any of the Southern States, aud will
strive for success by attempting the task of
overcoming solid South by more power
full solid North. Power is sweet. aud rs the
Northern democrats know that two or three
Northern States, added to the solid South,
will prolong their power, exporter ca proves
that they are not the men TO reinquish it
by failure to resort to all available means
to secure them.